Combined portable stand and wall-bracket for incandescent electric lamps



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} H.HOBN. COMBINED, PORTABLE STAND AND WALL BRACKET FOR INGLANDESGENT 2NM MW m D W m d lTU ELECTRIC LAMPS. No. 533,196.

HERMAN HORN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED PORTABLE STAND AND WALL-BRACKET FOR INCANDESCENT ELECTRICLAMPS.

S EEGIFIGA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 533,196, datedJanuary 29, 1895, Application filed February 15, 1892. Renewed June 29,1894, Serial No. 516.070- (No model-l able Stand and Wall-Bracket forIncandese is a specification.

My invention has relation to incandescent electric lighting and has forits object the provision of a novel, cheap and efficient lampsupport,the same being designed and adapted for use both as a portable stand andas a wallbracket or fixture.

'My invention consists of a stand provided with means for temporarilysecuring to a wall and having a swinging holder adapted for reception oflamps of different kinds, also, in the provision of. a weight orcounterbalance for maintaining the lamp in an upright position andapplicable thereto without necessitating any change therein.

My invention further consists in the details of construction and thecombinations of parts as hereinafter fully described and claimed and asshown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is an elevation ofmy improvements in use as a'portable stand. Fig. 2 is a similar view ofsaid improvements in the position of a Wall-bracket or fixture. Fig. 3is a plan View of the base of the stand, and Fig. 4 a plan view of adetail.

In said drawings, A represents the lamp support or stand provided withthe upwardly extending arms a a and the base or bottom a the latterbeing of sufficient weight to prevent the accidental upsetting of saidstand or support and provided with the lug or ear (1 said ear or lughaving therein the key-hole slot a The extremities of the arms a a areformed with circular enlargements a a", the same having central openingsfor the passage of the thumb-screws b b, which thumb-screws engage withcorrespondingly threaded openings in the collar (3 and form pivotalsupports or bearings for said collar.

As will be observed, the collar Ois sectional or split, having the lugsc c on each section, said lugs having therein oppositely disposedthreaded openings for reception of adjusting cent Electric Lamps, ofwhich the following screws 0 0 said collar forming a holder for the lampD, which latter for convenience of illustratisn, is of the Edison typeand has its socket d embraced by the collar 0, although said collar isas readily adapted for reception and holding of the sockets of lamps ofother kinds. By simply turning the screws 0 c in the proper directionand to such extent as to permit of the insertion of the socket of theparticular lamp employed and the tightening of said screws againobviating the necessity for altering such socket to adapt it to its newsituation.

In the portion cl, of the lamp-socket, into which the nozzle of thefixture heretofore employed is ordinarily screwed, is secured acorrespondingly threaded tube 6, the latter having its lower end formedwith an annular flange e, upon which rests the bowl or shell E, andaifordin g a passage for the flexible conductor F, said shell having acentral opening, provided with the flange e which encircles said tube,and is secured by soldering, or otherwise permanently, in this position.

G represents the cap of the shell, the same fitting snugly aroundwithout being secured to the upper edge e of said shell, said cap at itsupper edge 9 abutting against the lower end of the lamp-socket d and issecured in the position shown by the pressure exerted thereon by theshell E, when the tube 6 is screwed into the portion at of said socket.The weight H, having a central opening h therein which encircles theflange e of the shell, is dropped into the latter, before the cap isplaced thereon and the tube placed in its normal position, said weightserving to always maintain the lamp in the upright position, whether thesupport be used as a portable stand, as in Fig. 1, or as a wall-bracket,as in Fig. 2, said lamp being free to swing on the screws or pivots h b,when the position of said support is changed, through the medium of theswinging holder or collar 0. In the position shown in said Fig. 2, thesupport is hung, for example, on the nail k, the larger portion of theslot a allowing of the passage of the head of said nail, while the shankof the latter passes into the narrow portion of said slot, thuspreventing the accidental dislodgment of the bracket from its suspendedposition. Thus it will be seen that, in addition to the advantage ofhaving, practically, two different kinds of lamps in one and theapplicability of the weight and the swinging support to the lamp,without necessitating any alteration therein, the stand A iscomparatively inexpensive, while the method of securing the tube, thecap, and the weight in operative relation is a matter of very littlework. Therefore, taking my invention as a whole, the cost thereof,outside of the initial expense of the lamp, is trifling.

In the event of it being found desirable to employ the lamp-supportsimply as a portable stand, the screws b b may be screwed inwardly tosuch extent as to cause the ends of the arms a a to bind on the collar0, preventing the swinging of the lamp and causing it to remain rigidlyin an upright position.

What I claim as my invention is as follows:

1. In an incandescent lamp support, the combination of a base or standand a collar 0 pivotally supported by said base or stand, said collarbeing provided with the lugs c 0, having therein the screws 0 c andadapted for reception of lam p-sockets of different sizes, substantiallyas specified.

2. In an incandescent lamp support, the combination of the standAprovided with the arms Ct at, the thumb-screws b b in the ends of saidarms, and the collar 0 pivoted on said screws, said collar beingprovided with the lugs c 0, having therein the screws 0 c and adaptedfor reception of lampsockets of different sizes, substantially asspecified.

3. In an incandescent lamp support, the 35 combination of a swinginglamp, the shellE having its tube 6 screwed into the portion d of thelamp-socket, the cap G between said shell and socket, and the weight Hin the shell, substantially as specified.

4. In an incandescent lamp support, the combination of a base or stand,a collar 0 pivotally supported by said base or stand, said collar beingprovided with the lugs c c, having therein the screws 0 c and adaptedfor reception of lamp-sockets of different sizes, the shell E having itstube 6 screwed into the portion at of said sockets, the cap G betweenthe latter and said shell, and the weight H in the shell, substantiallyas specified.

5. In an incandescent lamp support, the combination of the stand Aprovided with the arms a a, the thumb-screws b b in the ends of saidarms, the collar 0 pivoted on said screws, said collar being providedwith the 55 lugs c 0, having therein the screws 0 c and adapted forreception of lamp-sockets of different sizes, the shell E having itstube 6 screwed into the portion (1' of said sockets, the cap Gr betweenthe latter and said shell, 60 and the weight II in the shell,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day ofFebruary, A. D. 1802.

HERMAN HORN.

lVitnesses:

R. DALE SPARHAWK, WM. H. POWELL.

